Ezekiel 15
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Lutheran reading notes
In Ezekiel chapter 15, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of divine judgment, prophetic visions, and restoration of Israel. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 15:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, {or than} a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Ezekiel 15:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will {men} take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ezekiel 15:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for {any} work? {Is it...: Heb. Will it prosper?}
Ezekiel 15:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for {any} work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? {meet: Heb. made fit}
Ezekiel 15:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 15:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from {one} fire, and {another} fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD, when I set my face against them.
Ezekiel 15:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. {committed...: Heb. trespassed a trespass}
Ezekiel 15:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.